The Cross Rivers State government , Wednesday in Tinapa Business Resort Calabar, said that it would promote 2013 national software competition with N7.5 million, even as the team from the Federal University of Technology, Akure , Ondo State , won the 2013 Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) national software Innovation competition organized for technology. students in the Nigerian universities and polytechnics.
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However, 70 percent of the fund, it was learnt will go to the winners while the remaining 30 percent will be kept as seed fund for mentoring and innovation.
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Accordingly, N2 million will go to the first prize winners, N1.5 million to the second winners while N1 million will go to the third winners.
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The award was for the overall best and most promising solution submitted. The winners after showcasing their solutions before impartial judges were determined based on the quality of solution presented, its relevance to the society especially in Nigeria and capacity to solve local problems. for the ordinary in the society, extent of work and creativity demonstrated in the solution Out of 24 teams that competed in the first round , ten were shortlisted in the second round after which three teams emerged 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the final round of the competition that saw Olaoluwa Aboluwarin, Oluwadara Oladapo and Mofesola Banjo as the first prize winner with Enchanter as the project name in the 2013 ISPON software competition grand price.